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Fawkes, Guy · London

Jamess admiration did not, however, prevent him from ordering on 6 November that "John Johnson" be tortured, to reveal the names of his co-conspirators

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Waad, William · London

Sir William Waad, Lieutenant of the Tower, supervised the torture and obtained Fawkess confession

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Fawkes, Guy · London

Under torture Fawkes confesses his identity & to the plot. Fawkes revealed his true identity on 7 November, and told his interrogators that there were five people involved in the plot to kill the King

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Waad, William · London

Fawkes revealed his true identity on 7 November, and told his interrogators that there were five people involved in the plot to kill the King

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Percy, Thomas · Holbech · Baron

Percys flight ended with some of his fellow conspirators at about 10:00 pm on 7 November, at Holbeche House on the border of Staffordshire

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Tresham, Francis

Francis Tresham falls sick & dies while in prison

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Streete, John · Holbech

Richard Walsh, Sheriff of Worcester, and his company of 200 men besieged the Holbeche House. In the ensuing firefight Percy was reportedly killed by the same musketball as Catesby, fired by a John Streete of Worcester

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Walsh, Richard · Holbech

Richard Walsh, Sheriff of Worcester, and his company of 200 men besieged the Holbeche House. In the ensuing firefight Percy was reportedly killed by the same musketball as Catesby, fired by a John Streete of Worcester

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Catesby, Robert · Holbeche House

Death of Robert Catesby, shot by a single bullet. Catesby is killed in a siege within a few days of the failed attempt Gunpowder Plot

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Percy, Thomas · Dunchurch

Their flight ended on the border of Staffordshire, at Holbeche House, besieged early on 8 November by the pursuing Sheriff of Worcester and his men. Percy was reportedly killed by the same musketball as Catesby, his body was later exhumed, and his head exhibited outside Parliament

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Percy, Thomas · Holbech · Baron

Richard Walsh, Sheriff of Worcester, and his company of 200 men besieged the Holbeche House. In the ensuing firefight Percy was reportedly killed by the same musketball as Catesby, fired by a John Streete of Worcester

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Fawkes, Guy · London

Fawkes is forced to name his fellow plotters

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Percy, Thomas · Holbech · Baron

On the orders of the Earl of Northampton, the bodies of Percy and Catesby were exhumed, and their heads displayed on spikes at the side of the Parliament House

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Catesby, Robert · London

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby

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Fawkes, Guy · London

Fawkess final role in the plot was settled during a series of meetings in October, he was to light the fuse and then escape across the Thames, simultaneously, a revolt in the Midlands would help to ensure the capture of Princess Elizabeth. Placed in charge of executing the plot due to his military & explosives experience

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Percy, Thomas · London

Percy hires the cellar beneath Parliament where the gunpowder barrels will be stored. Takes part in the Gunpowder Plot & is mortally wounded

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